Commutator repulsion induction motor



May 15, 1923 1,454,812 C. A. M. WEBER COMMUTATOR REPULSION INDUCTION MOTOR,

Filed Oct. 16, 1918 WITNESSES: INVENTOR j I 30 40 y 1M 0m z/fard/ /zwm Z 7 AT.TORNEY Patented May 15, Til-323.

CLIFFORD A. M. WEBER, OF EDGEV QUD IN'GHOUSE ELECTRIC 8e MAN? $693751 SYLVAIN'IA.

COMMUTATQE Application file i @ctober T 0 all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, Cnrrrono A. M. il ir ER, a citizen of the -United States, and a resident of Edgewood Park, in the county of Allegheny and State of Pennsylvania, have invented a new and useful Improvement in commutator Repulsion Induction Motors, of which the following is aspeciiication.

My invention relates to alternat :19; can rent motors of the single-phastype, and has for its object to provide a motor of the acter designated Which shall combine desirable characteristics of both the re sion type single-phase motor and the in tion single-phase motor and which shall, therefore, not only be capable of being started with a minimum line disturbance but Which shall also thereafter operate at sub-- stantially constant speed, irrespective of tiload; in other Words, shall have a speec characteristic similar to that or th ordinary shunt motor.

Single-phase alternating current meters of the commutator type are widely used on account of their desirable starting; characteristics, viz, high starting torque and low starting currents. However, when. such motors are used for substantially constant speed operation, it is necessary to employ so; form of governing device therefor which shall short-circuit the commutated winding When in the running position.

Such auxiliary apparatus is, at times, objectionablc and one object oi my invention, therefore, is to construct a single-phase motor having a commutated Winding; in which automatic devices of the aboveindic character are dispensed with and, at the same time, these desirable characteristics obtained.

To this end I provide a single-pha motor with two separate rotor members upon one of which is mounted commutator and Which is provided with the ordinary conimutated winding, while the other rotor member is of an ordinary squirrel-cage, duction motor type. Both of these mot. are so mounted on a common shaft that their entire length is embraced by the primf y field Winding, this winding being sup, lied with energy from any suitable source.

During low speed operation, the squirreh QFFICE.

35163103 TO WEST- ?OBATION OF PENN- motoring torque, asinp; the commi ed winding, enhancing 1c low-speed to. e and bringing about i acceleration. During high-speed opion. the squirrel-cage winding is driven yncl'n'mwusly and exerts a brakingupon the commutated winding", re the speed from the value that would e be attained establishing the de 1' wirsis'taut-sp ed characteristic. in coendinp: application, Serial No. 1 15,70"? filed August 71, 1917, by G. H. Garesent application is quite Js co-pending application chanisal aspect. in the latter, the

' iod to the same rotor struct ou, but in the present case, as will be hereina. er noted, th two rotors are entirely separate and for this reason the present rotor is mechanically quite simple since each rotor may be of standard character "for of winding desired.

it o clearer imderstanding of my invention. reference may be had to the drawing in which:

dicsjgramiuatic side view of a icted in accordance with my in tion; 5. 2 is a diagrammatic view showing the manner in which the motor is energized; while Fin. 3 shows the speed torque curves obtained from each of the windings independently, as well as the curve obtained when the two operate in conjuno tion :h each other.

Rererrino; now more particularly to Fig. i. rotors l and are shown mounted on a common shaft while a stator member provided with any usual type oi" winding: is show at 4. it will he noted in this connection that the s .-.tor i is so disposed that both of the rotors l and 2 will, at all times, be

A commutator 5, embodying short-cireuited brushes 6 and 7 is associated in the ordinary manner with the rotor 1.

In order to obtain the desired speed characteristics a winding oi? usual form is ap plied to the rotor 1 and is so connected to the commutator 5 that, by suitable disposition of the brushes 66, a repulsion motor action is secured, while the rotor 2 is provided with an ordinary squirrel-cage structure.

In Fig. 2 I have shown the manner in which the motor is supplied with energy, similar parts being indicated. by the same reference characters as employed in Fig. 1.

Referring now to Fig. 3, it will be observed that the combination of the speed. torque curves of the two distinct rotors l and 2 results in a curve which closely approximates constant speed for any desired load. Moreover, it should be remembered that the necessary high torque at starting is obtained while the desirable running characteristics of the repulsion type motor appear dominant in the running portion of the motor as a whole.

IVhile I have shown the primary member as continuous, it is entirely possible that this member may be composed of two primary cores energized by the same winding, or with two separate windings.

It will also be noted that the proportion of the squirrel-cage rotor is small con'ipared with the rotor to wlnch the repulsion winding is applied.

By the term repulsion-motor wimling, employed in certain of the claims, I mean a combination including a vinding and brush arrangement of the well known repulsion motor.

\Vhile I have shown my invention as embodied in the specific form herein described, is is, of course, possible that many variations characteristic of the above device may occur to those skilled in the art, and I de sire, therefore, to be limited only by the prior art or by the limitations specifically set forth in the appended claims.

I claim as my invention:

l. In a. single-phase, alternating current motor. the combination of two rotors mounted on a common shatt, both. of said rotors being active at all time to produce torque on said shaft. and one ot' said rotors being n'ocided with a commutatod repulsionmotor winding and the other of said rotors having a squirrel cage winding and eleetrically related wind ngs for producing field fluxes for the two rotors. whereby the current conditions in each field winding are affected by the current conditions in the other.

2. In a single-phase, alternating current motor, the combination of two rotors mounted on a common shaft, both of said rotors being active, during the operation of said motor, to produce torque on said sha ft, and one of said rotors being provided with a connnutated winding having substantially repulsion-motor characteristics, and. the other of said rotors having a squirrel-cage winding, the rotor having the squirrel-cage being small as compared with the rotor having the commutated winding, and serially related field-winding means coacting with said rotors.

3. In a ,qinglephase, alternating current motor, the combination of two rotors mounted on a common shaft. separate stators associated with said rotors, and serially connected primary windings on said stators, both (it said rotors being active during the o 'icration of said motor, to produce torque on said shaft, one of said rotors being provided with a winding which gives at all times motor torque having substantially repulsion-motor characteristics. and the other of said rotors being provided with a winding which gives motor torque during starting operation but generator torque during running operation.

4. In a single-phase, alternating motor the combination of two rotors mounted on a common shaitt both of said rotors being active, during the operation of said motor, to produce torque on said shaft, one of said rotors being provided with a commutated repulsion-motor winding which gives at all times motor torque, and the other of said rotors being provided with a squirrel-cage winding which gives motor torque during starting operation but generator torque during running operation, and electrically related windings for producing field fluxes for the two rotors, whereby the current conditions in each field winding are atlected by the current conditions in the other.

5. In an a]ternating-current motor, the cou'ibination with a single field winding, of two rotors mounted on a common shaft, both ot said rotors being active to produce torque on said shaft. one of said rotors being wound in such manner as to have a speed-torque characteristic having a relatively high-noload speed: and the other of said rotors having a relatively low-impedance, closedcurrent circuited secondary winding of the induetion-motor type.

6. In an alteruating-current motor the cmnbinatiton with av single field winding, of two rotors mounted on a common shaft. both of said rotors being active to produce torque on said shatt. one of said rotors being provided. with a repulsion-motor winding, and the other of said rotors having a. relatively lowinipedance. closed-circuited secondary winding of the induction-motor type.

7. An alternatingcurrent motor comprising a relatively stationary member and a relatively rotatable member, each of said members being correspondingly provided duction-motor type mounted on the other With two distinct magnetic cores, means for magnetic core of said relatively rotating energizing sald relatively stationary memmember.

ber, a repulsion-motor commutated Winding In testimony whereof, I have hereunto 5 on one of the magnetic cores of said relasubscribed my name this 30th day of Sept,

tively rotating member, and a relatively 1918.

low-resistance secondary member of the in- CLIFFORD A. M. WEBER. 

